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Riverside Grounds

Buffalo, NY · 1879–1883

Archive ground · visual record pending Riverside Grounds

Buffalo, NY

1879–1883

No rights-cleared, venue-specific photograph was found. This identification plate uses only verified archive data and is not a reconstruction of the ground.

Riverside Grounds was a ballpark in Buffalo, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 1, 1879 and the last on September 8, 1883. The register files it under the National League.

212 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1879 and 1883.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 1, 1879, when the Boston Red Caps beat the Buffalo Bisons 5–0. Tommy Bond started for the Boston Red Caps and Pud Galvin for the Buffalo Bisons. Thomas Gillean was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 8, 1883, when the Buffalo Bisons beat the Cleveland Blues 13–1. Charlie Cady started for the Cleveland Blues and Pud Galvin for the Buffalo Bisons. Billy McLean was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in Buffalo, NY at Olympic Park I (1884–1885), Olympic Park II (1890–1890), International Fair Association Grounds (1914–1915), and Sahlen Field (from 2020).